M.I.B.A. Quarterly Meeting Focus on Youth
The first quarterly meeting of the 2008 Montana Indian Business Alliance convened in Billings, Montana on January 24, 2008. A cross-section of educators, business people, community members and leaders, organizations, Tribal college staff, state and local departments of Commerce and Economic Development to explore youth outreach strategies. Four innovative programs that work successfully with youth were called upon to show case their project in a best practices presentations. The Crow Youth Leadership Cadre, Aak Bacheeitchilewioosh, was featured as a best practice project. The Leadership Cadre is a Crow culturally relevant project that has worked with a cross-age group of Crow students for the past four years. It was determined by the group present at the day long meeting that a standing committee on Youth Entreprenuership be establish and volunteers were solicited. Latonna Old Elk and Sharon Peregoy Horizons Project co-facilitators volunteered for the standing committee.